Ovum
['əʊvəm] or ['ovəm]
Definition
(n.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.
(n.) One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [L. pl. Ova.] Egg.
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Definition
n. an egg: (biol.) the egg-cell in all organisms the starting-point of the embryo development beginning as soon as it is supplemented by the male-cell or spermatozoon:—pl. O′va.
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